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A Christmas Ride: The Miracle of Lights
The Warners are a typical family, with the usual rifts and arguments. Each year, they leave home on Christmas Day to spend the holidays in a time-share condominium in Colorado. The early-teenaged children, Tim and Julie, are opposed to the idea, preferring to stay home with gifts and friends, but their workaholic father insists that they spend the rare family time together. However, he is inevitably called back to his demanding business each year and is not even there. On one Christmas, Tim surprises his sister, taking her on an impromptu horseback ride to a mountaintop. There he shows her an amazing and inspiring display of lights on a distant peak, a scene of mysterious origin that can be viewed from only that one spot precisely at dusk on Christmas Day. The next year, their father is too busy to make the trip to the condo for Christmas. Even so, the kids can't wait to take their mother on the yuletide horseback ride up the mountain so they can show her the beautiful light show. By the next holiday, the Warners' marriage is over and so are the rides to the mountain for the Warner family. Tim blames his mother for the breakup of the family. When he eventually goes away to college, he ends all communication with her. Eventually, Tim does return home, and at the same time, his father has an epiphany. The next Christmas, the parents renew their vows, remarrying on the mountain, just as the lights burn their brightest for the reunited family. A few years later, a tragic turn brings the two siblings even closer, and a special Christmas gift makes certain their bond will never be dissolved. And a strange but wondrous twist shows Julie the true meaning of those lights they saw on their rides to the Christmas mountain.
- GenresChristmas
168 pages, Hardcover
First published September 30, 2009
19 people want to read
About the author
Edie Hand
30 books7 followersEdie Hand is a businesswoman, speaker, media personality, filmmaker, international author, and Mom. She has authored or been a part of authoring over twenty-five books.
The Edie Hand Foundation’s brand “Women of True Grit” encourages women to share their stories and passion from the trials they face to their triumphs. Edie has partnered with Sinclair Broadcasting of Birmingham, Alabama to share Women of True Grit Vignettes in 2022.
She also comes from a wonderful family heritage of songwriting, acting, and music from the Hood-Hacker-Presley Family. Her legendary cousin was Elvis Presley and she learned first-hand about paying life forward through charities in One’s community.
The Edie Hand Foundation’s brand “Women of True Grit” encourages women to share their stories and passion from the trials they face to their triumphs. Edie has partnered with Sinclair Broadcasting of Birmingham, Alabama to share Women of True Grit Vignettes in 2022.
She also comes from a wonderful family heritage of songwriting, acting, and music from the Hood-Hacker-Presley Family. Her legendary cousin was Elvis Presley and she learned first-hand about paying life forward through charities in One’s community.
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November 22, 2009
Robert and Meg Warner were a pretty typical couple. They stayed busy with their jobs so there wasn’t much time to spend with their children, Tim and Julie. They made it a point to set aside the time to spend Christmas in Breckenridge, Colorado, but that didn’t always go well either. It seems that the kids were always whining or Robert’s cell phone was ringing with a business call.
One year, Tim snuck away and took a horseback ride up a mountain. What he saw there was so stunning, he decided he had to share it with Julie the next year. When the two of them made the trip the next year, they were so amazed they knew they needed to make more of an effort to get along and appreciate their family. They vowed to show their parents the next year. Things change, and by the next year, Julie and Tim found themselves struggling to save their family.
A Christmas Ride: The Miracle of Lights by Edie Hand with Jeffery Addison is a story of love, family and hope. It will make you reflect on what’s really important in your life. This sweet novella is just the kind of story I like this time of year to put me in a holiday mood. It left me with tears in my eyes and a smile in my heart.
One year, Tim snuck away and took a horseback ride up a mountain. What he saw there was so stunning, he decided he had to share it with Julie the next year. When the two of them made the trip the next year, they were so amazed they knew they needed to make more of an effort to get along and appreciate their family. They vowed to show their parents the next year. Things change, and by the next year, Julie and Tim found themselves struggling to save their family.
A Christmas Ride: The Miracle of Lights by Edie Hand with Jeffery Addison is a story of love, family and hope. It will make you reflect on what’s really important in your life. This sweet novella is just the kind of story I like this time of year to put me in a holiday mood. It left me with tears in my eyes and a smile in my heart.
February 6, 2017
Solid 3.5 stars. I did like the book, the storyline and characters. They are a pretty typical family that comes to celebrate in a beautiful way. I liked the meaning of the lights. The Christmas ride title is a bit misleading- it was different than my assumption at least.
Overall I enjoyed it.
Overall I enjoyed it.
December 7, 2016
What great story. It makes you stop and think of your own life and your journey .
June 22, 2015
Sara, Shenandoah patron, June 2015, 5 stars:
It's a great Christmas story.
It's a great Christmas story.
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